Great Epics

Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to the Nibelungenlied, and their impact on European identity in these turbulent times. These are the stories that made Europe. Journeying from Turkey to Iceland, award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber takes us on a fascinating adventure through our continent's most enduring epic poems to learn how they were shaped by their times and how they have since shaped us.

Thirteen-year-old Varka, who lost her father, is hired as a servant and a babysitter in a shoemaker's house. All day long, she is forced to fulfill the owners’ orders, and later, she sits all night long by the cradle, trying desperately not to fall asleep. Varka knows that she would be severely beaten for that by her masters….

In his final speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop," Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his support of African American garbage workers on strike in Memphis. Although some consider this oration King's finest, it is mainly known for its concluding two minutes, wherein King compares himself to Moses and seems to predict his own assassination. But King gave an hour-long speech, and the concluding segment can only be understood in relation to the whole.

La maravillosa epopeya del gran Julio César en los desconocidos campos del sur de Francia, en un emotivo audiolibro que recoge el grueso de los episodios vividos y también relatados por el propio César entre el año 58 y 51 antes de Cristo.

With Verassis finally secured, Marcus hoped for some downtime. Unfortunately for him and his party, they have to rush off to yet another kingdom. Sonaria is under assault, and Marcus may be the only one that can save them. However, their party will not be the same.

In the midst of the horror of the first World War, a stranger falls from nowhere into the mud and death of the Flanders battlefield - bruised, babbling, and stark naked...with a remarkable story to tell. Wrongly accused murderer Edward Exeter has reappeared on this Earth hearing scars and secrets. From somewhere he calls next door - a place old godly intrigues and an ancient prophecy that he wants no part of. But powerful forces on both sides of a mystical border have other plans for the young fugitive.

Edward Exeter assumes the mantle of Liberator in the strange, alternate world called Nextdoor - a far-flung outpost of British imperialism where earthborn mortals possess the powers of gods. His decision has made him the target of betrayals and murderous plots. But Exeter has learned the Game well in his short time in Nextdoor and he plays it boldly to its unexpected, worlds-shattering conclusion.

Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns is truly a labor of love. It took 15 years to research and write, as she interviewed over 1,200 people. Wilkerson tracked down her subjects at churches, quilting clubs, funerals, family reunions, and others. After preliminary rounds of interviews, she narrowed her search down to 30 people, and then chose the three main subjects who appear in the book.

The tale of an eager golf disciple and Mike Austin, the sport’s most legendary long-driver and keeper of the secret to the most powerful golf swing. “Can you teach an ordinary golfer like me to drive the ball 300 yards?” With this question sportswriter Philip Reed’s search for the greatest golf swing begins. When Reed met ninety-year old Mike Austin, he knew that Austin held the record for the longest drive ever—an awesome 515-yard shot during a Senior PGA event.

A man can always trust his family. Right? After years of wandering, Ealrin has finally reunited with his family. But where he hoped to find comfort and answers, he’s discovered only mysteries and plots. And they all seem to center on the name he carries with him: Belouve. The countries of Redact maintain a fragile peace. Through threats, treaties and unwanted alliances, the kingdoms of magic are holding back the reality of war. Can Ealrin unravel a plot against the king of Rerial before it leads to another disastrous war? And will he be willing to discover every secret, even if it means ...

Two exciting short stories set in the engrossing world of The Demon Cycle from bestselling fantasy author Peter V. Brett.Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons - bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting and killing humanity for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive.

Follow Prince Braxton in volume one of this trilogy blazing a sizzling trail spanning the greatest century, 1860-1960. A century of world wars, engineering marvels, romance-defying social morays, revolutions, spies, and requited and unrequited love. In this historical dystopia, the author has expunged the Victorian royal family, replacing it with one worthy of reigning over the world’s most powerful empire.

“Swing” is an electrifying journey chronicling the extraordinary rise of Aaron Wright, a baseball prodigy whose ascent from modest roots to the pinnacles of glory is propelled by an unlikely friendship with Bobbie Stanford, a handicapped savant. Fueled by Aaron’s unparalleled talent and Bobbie’s keen insight, they bask in the limelight of success, but the allure of deadly habits threatens to shatter their dreams. Against Yankee Stadium’s dazzling lights, Aaron wrestles with his ambitions and sacrifices. “Swing” is not just a baseball epic; it’s a gripping tale of grit and ...

Alexander the Great ruled the greatest Empire of the ancient world, but he was ruled by his mother, called Olympias. There are as many legends about this powerful Queen as there are of her famous son, and the stories began long before she even met Philip of Macedon. Priestess of the Great Goddess, daughter of ruling house of Epiros, witch, and familiar of Serpents... she was a figure of mystery, fascination, and fear even during her own lifetime.

Lieutenant Bill Fraser and the six SAS men he led were listed as Missing in Action (MIA) after their failure to return from a raid. Nine weeks later they emerged from a death-defying sojourn across the Sahara Desert, after evading and confounding the enemy.

Shortly after his father died, Bram Kohlhausen was made starting quarterback in the last game of his senior year after Texas Christian University's star QB was arrested for punching a San Antonio cop in a Riverwalk bar. Bram was a walk-on who had never started in a four-year college game, let alone a nationally televised bowl game. Behind 31-0 at halftime against the Oregon Ducks, Bram would win the game in three nail-biting overtimes in what likely is bowl history's most thrilling comebacks.

Are memories a thing worth dying for? Ealrin is returning to the land he believes he once called home. As he draws nearer to Redact, he wonders if the person he was before he lost his memory will be a person worth remembering. What he finds in the place he once called home is a land held together by fragile treaties and ancient magic. Will the family Ealrin' so desperately wants to find be key in bringing together a fractured continent, or will they be the death toll for the alliance of nations? Buy the exciting begging to the Redact trilogy today!

Sam and Jake know a battle is coming, but nothing can prepare them for the Evil One. Sam and Jake have spent the last year training to become warriors. Yet Jake has grown distant from Sam and won't tell her why. Giant Lessers attack them and attach a time bomb to Jake's arm. Sam and Jake are blackmailed - capture the magical dragon, Drasine, or Jake dies. Everyone wants Drasine, including the powerful Evil One, who has been hiding for centuries and has sworn to destroy KiraKu. Worse, Drasine is protected by a mysterious being no one has been able to defeat.

Se ha hecho un llamamiento para convocar El Gran Consejo. Los líderes de los Guardabosques se reunirán para estudiar la amenaza de la sección oscura y buscar la forma de acabar con la amenaza.

Helia has served as the Sage of Hope for the Great Library of Tomorrow for centuries. She is one of the chosen few who embody and protect the values of humanity across the numerous realms of Paperworld, which are connected within the Library itself via magical Portals controlled by the Book of Wisdom. But even her hope is tested when she and her partner Xavier, the Sage of Truth, are attacked while visiting the famous Rose Garden in the realm of Silvyra. Wounded and in shock amidst a storm of fire, they are confronted by a deadly figure known to them as the Ash Man.